Wellbeing

Information about wellbeing, well-being advice, healthy living and healthy lifestyle.

Looking Back at Mindful in May

June 26, 2014 By Alexandra Matkevich

Mindful in May has come to a close and I am so happy to have participated. It feels great to raise awareness about mindfulness and also raise money for a good cause. This was my first fundraiser since... I don’t know when! Thank you to everyone who donated – we raised $160 for Charity Water. Overall, over $200,000 was raised for clean water. Well done everyone! I certainly learnt a lot about mindfulness. I have noticed I have stopped saying “I … [Read more...]

Shifting Paradigms: Chronic Disease and Wellness

May 28, 2014 By Alexandra Matkevich

About chronic disease and wellness Did you know that energy field disturbance is a nursing diagnosis? Nurses recognise the way in which energy manifests has an impact on the health of our patients. Rising health care costs and increased care needs of the general population require us shift our health attention to wellness. It all starts with changing our health perceptions and beliefs. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the … [Read more...]

Stress: the good, the bad and the ugly.

May 23, 2014 By Alexandra Matkevich

About stress Most often, when people think about meditation, they think about de-stressing and relaxation. It is true that meditation can bring about these feelings, and mindfulness can help us identify how we are feeling. Why do I think it is important to get in tune with ourselves? Every day life can present many challenges- highs and lows- that can affect out wellbeing. By just drifting through life and never really taking the time to check … [Read more...]

Mindful in May 2014

May 2, 2014 By Alexandra Matkevich

In 2014, some of the team members here at ENT Wellbeing are participating in Mindful in May. Not heard about Mindful in May? The Benefits of Mindful Meditation There is strong evidence to suggest that regular mindfulness meditation has a positive effect on several factors: Changes in brain structure that enhance cognition. Mediation is shown to increase cerebral blood flow to the prefrontal cortex and the parietal lobes of the … [Read more...]

The Basics of Skin Protection

December 30, 2013 By @entwellbeing

About Skin Protection We know that skin is the largest organ of the human body and that one of its primary objectives is protection. But if it is thought that skin serves only as wrapping paper and that the complicated systems of human life occur only beneath it, lacking only the tape to keep it in place, the other critical functions skin performs are being ignored. There are three layers comprising skin and each has its own functions. The loss … [Read more...]

Defining Wellbeing and How It Affects You

December 20, 2013 By @entwellbeing

Obtaining the right balance of wellbeing has been of concern to mankind since the days of Aristotle. There are many individuals who would actually define it as the essence of mankind. Within the last decade, this subject has moved from being one of philosophy to one of science. The amount of research into what determines the quality of a person’s life experiences has been growing. This has imbued researchers with a newfound knowledge of what … [Read more...]

The Great Irony – Health is Beauty

September 25, 2013 By @entwellbeing

Health is Beauty Why getting what you need might help you get what you want So many of us are fixated with our weight. How do we measure on a scale? What’s our BMI? How does our body fat percentage stack up? All of these questions... People don’t often like to hear the argument that you should be healthy first, because they tend to read it as an indictment of their quest for perfection. And, in fairness to them, the people saying it are … [Read more...]

The role of sleep in weight management

September 20, 2013 By Belinda Elwin

Could a lack of sleep encourage weight gain? Or simply unhealthy eating? Scientific evidence suggests that it does. How does sleep affect weight? Sleep impacts endocrine (hormonal) regulation of our energy balance (energy intake versus energy expenditure). Many studies have now shown that an acute deprivation of sleep is associated with decreased leptin levels and increased ghrelin levels. These effects have been seen independently of age, … [Read more...]

Create a Healthy Lifestyle With the Help of a Nutritionist in Sydney

August 26, 2013 By @entwellbeing

Many Australians want to lose weight, but when it comes down to the actual methods they are lost. Since so many different views, methods and promises exist in the diet industry, determining which one is best, which will work and which will be healthy can be tricky. Make an appointment to visit a professional nutritionist in Sydney. A nutritionist will be able to help you to finally lose that unwanted weight for good. The benefits of creating a … [Read more...]

Waking Up to the Myths of Sleep

December 7, 2012 By admin

The Myths of Sleep We spend between a quarter and a third of our lives asleep, but that doesn't make us experts on how much is too much, how little is too little, or how many hours of rest the children need to be sharp at school. Let’s tackle some popular myths: You need eight hours of sleep a night That’s the cliche. Napoleon, for one, didn’t believe it. His prescription went something like this: ‘‘Six hours for a man, seven for a woman … [Read more...]